Retail Watchers

How is Chickfila doing? They were one of the most aggressive on price increase percentage in CA due to Fast Act and personally I think they went too far on price. But their locations still look busy... Seems not surprising that they would have more impact, if they run them similarly to the ones in ...

This is tragic, I hope Homeland is able to build a new store. Only grocer in the county certainly creates the need. Should be able to - wouldn't even be surprising (since we are heading into the warmer weather) to see part of the lot cleared up and a large tent appear for temporary use, as has been...

What is unfortunate is that I suspect there is going to be a preventable tragedy somewhere because these facilities are being allowed to save a few thousand dollars on public address systems. A PA system can lead to an orderly evacuation before guests begin to panic and stampede, start going in the...

Anecdotally, I was recently in a mall when a fight broke out in the food court, which culminated with one person flashing a gun before they left. I was shopping with someone else in an anchor and noticed a couple of people with kids in tow quickly walking through the store, but I didn't connect it ...

There was a handwritten sign in the entry that said "SPRING SALE 75% OFF" and a typed sign on the front door that said "due to short staffing we may close early." This is not a professional nor busy store by any stretch of the imagination. Filthy inside too. They may have just a...

Can't say this is a big surprise, but Stop & Shop just announced the closure of the Jackson, NJ location (which I was just at in my last round of visits). The store was well-stocked and mostly clean, but absolutely deserted. Some thoughts: I am not the least bit surprised about that closure, es...

The price hikes are a complete joke in CA specifically. In SoCal there are SO many local/independent restaurants where you can get significantly more food for the same or less money than these fast food chains. In NorCal it isn't so much that way because the prices are so outrageously higher and th...

The Good -Better SKU level density in store, much broader assortment than other S&F locations. Example coffee syrups is same footage as other stores but SKU density was double with numerous flavors I've never seen there. Makes me wonder if they manage like Walmart and reduce SKUs in slower sell...

(All of these are with two sides. I tried to add Smokey Bones (a regional chain in the Southeast) but online ordering was unavailable on their website and I could only find prices with the added Grubhub delivery markup. Costco frequently sells discounted gift cards for Smokey Bones though, so the a...

Looking closely at pricing in your photos I think they have a pricing problem. While their pricing looks great to me since I am so used to the terrible Northern California prices I see most often, Market Basket is a very difficult competitor and I don't think they are competitive with them on mix o...